Summary
The January 1960 Beaver Beacon reports that 172 deer were killed on Beaver Island during the 1959 season. It names E. R. Bergau as the Game Club’s largest- deer prize winner for a 190-pound buck and James W. Barnes as the Charlevoix Courier’s first-buck prize winner.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper season total and prize report, not a harvest register, regulatory return, or complete prize ledger.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1960, “Game Club News.”Reports E. R. Bergau’s $25 Game Club prize for the largest deer, a 190-pound buck; James W. Barnes’s $5 Charlevoix Courier prize for the first buck brought in; and a total of 172 deer killed on the island during the season. It does not provide a harvest register, legal season record, or complete prize documentation.